Basic .htaccess File Generating Internal Server Error

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I’m following a tutorial and this code was pulled from the accompanying files. It’s cut/pasted word for word, but it’s not working in my WAMP environment and I can’t figure out why. Any thoughts?


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) /index.php/$1
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Probably because mod_rewrite isn’t enabled.

See http://www.orchidbox.com/post.php?title=How_to_enable_mod_rewrite_module_in_apache_in_xampp_wamp on how to enable it.

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Thanks. That worked. I’m confused though. I’ve ran several other .htaccess files successfully from the same environment. It’s strange why those would’ve worked without mod_rewrite being enabled.

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.htaccess files in general when mod_rewrite is not enabled. It’s just that Rewrite directives don’t work :slight_smile:

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Great. Thanks for the clarification.